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Navigation Home page Basic Turkish  Alphabet and Pronounciation Basic Information Grammer Vowel Harmony Vowel Harmony 2 Consonant Changes Suffixes Plurals Personal Pronouns Possession 'To Be' Positive Tense 'To Be' Negative Tense Present Continuous Tense Past Continuous Tense Simple Present Positive Tense Simple Present Negative Tense Simple Past Tense Future Tense 'There is' and 'There isn't' 'Let....' 'If.....' Apparently Necessity     'If' (The conditional tense) This suffix is added on to a verb to express the English word 'If'. The suffix is; '-se/sa' (see vowel harmony to know which to use) The word 'eer' is sometimes used at the start of a conditional sentence and simply means 'if', but this doesn't have to be used as the suffix will show it is a conditional sentence.   The formula to make this tense is; verb + -se/sa + personal ending   It takes the same personal endings as the past tense which are; I = 'm' You = 'n' (singular/familiar) He/she/it = no personal ending We = 'k' You = 'niz/nz' (plural/polite) They = 'ler/lar'   examples verb + -se/sa + personal ending gel + se + m = if i come oku + sa + n = if you come bil + se = if he knows git + se + k = if we go anla + sa + nz = if you understand oku + sa + lar = if they read   This can also be used with the present continuous tense examples verb + present continuous + -se/sa + personal gel + iyor + sa + n = geliyorsan = if you are coming oku + yor + sa + m = okuyorsam = if i am reading gel + mi + yor + sa + n = gelmiyorsan = if you are not coming etc It can also be used with 'var' and 'yok'; 'varsa' = 'if there is....' 'yoksa' = 'if there isn't'   examples araba varsan = if there is a car para yoksa = if there is no money  The conditional tense can also be used with the 'to be' tense. It uses the same personal endings but if placed after a vowel, you must change it into 'yse/ysa'. examples hastaysam = if i am ill yorgunsan = if you are tired mutluysak = if we are happy iyi deilsen = if you are not alright etc Test Yourself! Using the following vocabulary, translate the sentences below from English to Turkish.   gel - come git - go kal - stay bak - look mutlu - happy yorgun - tired hasta - ill iyi - alright/fine kitap - book   example - if you are alright = iyiysen 1) if you are going (singular/familiar) - ______________ 2) if they look - _______________ 3) if i stay - ______________ 4) if he is not coming - _________________ 5) if they are ill - _________________ 6) if she is not tired - ______________ 7) if there is a book - ________________ 8) if we are happy - _________________   Translate the following sentences from Turkish to English. example - baksan = if you look 1) iyiyseniz - ______________ 2) yorgunsa - ________________ 3) hasta deilsek - _______________ 4) kitap yoksa - _________________ 5) gidiyorsanz - _______________ 6) kalmyorsak - ________________ 7) baksam - ________________ 8) gelseler - ________________   Answers 1) if you are going - gidiyorsan 2) if they look - baksalar 3) if i stay - kalsam 4) if he is not coming - gelmiyorsa 5) if they are ill - hastyaysalar 6) if she is not tired - yorgun deilse 7) if there is a book - kitap varsa 8) if we are happy - mutluysak   1) iyiyseniz - if you are alright 2) yorgunsa - if he is tired 3) hasta deilsek - if we are not ill 4) kitap yoksa - if there isn't a book 5) gidiyorsanz - if you are going 6) kalmyorsak - if we are not staying 7) baksam - if i look 8) gelseler - if they come     learn-turkish@hotmail.com   Useful Info Useful Words 1 Useful Words 2 (inc. Verbs) Useful Phrases Numbers Days, Months and Seasons Telling the time Other  About Me Forum Guestbook Links Search This Site E-Mail Me! Useful Verbs  gelmek - to come          gitmek - to go             kalmak - to stay                    yemek - to eat             sevmek - to love         yapmak - to do            olmak - to be      o?enmek - to learn           ö?retmek - to teach        uyumak - to sleep            istemek - to want                ya$amak - to live

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